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Longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon, who covered riots, Academy Award-nominated movies and wars and was held captive for more than a month in Iraq two decades ago, died in a car crash on Wednesday. He was 73. "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley, his eyes red, announced the death in a special report. "We have some sad news from within our CBS News family," Pelley said. "Our colleague Bob Simon was killed this evening." "Vietnam is where he first began covering warfare, and he gave his firsthand reporting from virtually every major battlefield around the world since," Pelley said. A town car in which Simon was a...

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U.S. government officials repeatedly told James Foley's relatives they could not raise ransom money to secure the journalist's release after he was kidnapped in Syria, Foley's mother said in a CNN interview aired Thursday night.
Foley, a freelance...

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lashed out at Magic Johnson during a CNN interview broadcasted Monday night, alluding to the NBA’s great’s HIV-positive diagnosis and saying, “I don’t think he’s a good example for the children of Los...

Donald Sterling says he and his wife, Shelly, are in the process of divorcing, following a scandal that had the L.A. Clippers owner banned for life by the NBA.
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Donald Sterling made several attempts to deflect responsibility for his rant against African Americans — even asking his companion V. Stiviano to lie about the authenticity of the recording of the incident, the NBA contended in a supporting declaration as...

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Chris Paul and Blake Griffin responded Tuesday to Donald Sterling’s comments on CNN in which he claimed his players still love him.
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Hidden Cash, the new scavenger hunt for cash with clues coming from Twitter, is coming to Chicago this weekend.Initially anonymous, Jason Buzi, a real estate investor, was outed as the man behind the handle @HiddenCash that hides money in public places...

As Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to begin withdrawing from this St. Louis suburb Thursday, the persistent protests over the police killing of Michael Brown appeared smaller and much more subdued for the second night in a row.
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Inside the pillared estate on North Beverly Drive, after a television interview that lasted an hour and 20 minutes, Donald Sterling hoisted himself out of his chair. The Clippers owner and real estate mogul took a few steps before his knees buckled and he...

A juror in the George Zimmerman trial who had recently moved to Florida from Chicago said today that Zimmerman "got away with murder" for killing Trayvon Martin and feels she owes an apology to Martin's parents."You can't put the man in...

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Diane Latiker balked when her mother first suggested she get the neighborhood teens off the street by inviting them into her home.
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Plainfield native Melissa McCarthy has picked up a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the R-rated comedy"Bridesmaids."It's been quite the year for McCarthy, who saw her fame rise with the release of “Bridesmaids”...